Towers

60’ West Tower

  • 4 element triband (10, 15, 20m + WARC) Yagi
  • 40m dipole
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60' West Tower

60’ West Tower

80’ Middle Tower

  • VHF 4 element vertical orientation Yagi + rotator
  • 2 VHF fixed direction vertical orientation 6 element Yagis (W3YA system)
  • VHF vertical
  • 40m dipole oriented NW/SE
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80' Middle Tower

80’ Middle Tower

80` North Tower

  • 4 element triband (10, 15, 20m + WARC) Yagi
    • Rotor (out-of-service as of 2019-11-24)
  • 160m dipole oriented NW/SE
  • 80m dipole
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80' North Tower

80’ North Tower

60’ East Tower

  • VHF vertical
  • 80m dipole oriented N/S
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60' East Tower

60’ East Tower

Antennas by band

10, 12, 15, 17, 20 m

  • 4 element Triband (10, 15, 20m + WARC) Yagi (@ 60’)
    • Rotor
  • 4 element Triband (10, 15, 20m + WARC) Yagi (@ 80’) temporarily out of service
    • Rotor

40 m

  • Dipole (@ 60’) oriented…
  • Dipole (@ 80’) oriented NW/SE

80m

  • CW cut
  • Phone (75m) cut

160m

  • Dipole on North tower oriented NW/SE

Antenna use

  • Confirm that it is impossible for your transceiver to transmit while you are connecting your transceiver’s (color-tagged) feedline to one of the antenna connectors.
  • Switch antennas manually by connecting your radio feedline from array of antenna connectors on the north wall.
  • When you leave the shack, disconnect the transceiver feedline from the antenna you were using.